Barbour, M. K. & Kinsella, J. (2007, February). Teaching and learning online with secondary school students. Presentation at the Illinois Online Conference for Teaching and Learning, http://www.ilonlineconf.org/

1. Teaching and Learning Online
with Secondary School Students
Michael Barbour & Jim Kinsella
Illinois Virtual High School

2. Illinois Virtual High School
• originally planned in 2000
• offered its first courses in 2000-01
• primarily “canned” courses, with some home
made
• number of home made courses increases each
year

3. Mike and Jim
• taught in an online format prior to creation
of IVHS
• asked to develop one of the first “IVHS”
courses – AP European History
• have taught AP European History since
IVHS began

4. What Do You Want To Know?
This presentation will focus upon the practice of teaching
online that Jim Kinsella and Michael Barbour have
developed over the past eight years of teaching Advanced
Placement European History together online, six of which
have been with the Illinois Virtual High School. Their
experiences include how they have been able to work
together, having never met in person until two years ago,
teaching in an online environment. It will also include various
strategies and pedagogies that the two have developed
during this time teaching a diverse audience of K-12
students from a variety of geographic settings; both students
from urban and rural areas and students from different
states, and even from different countries.

5. Contact Information
Michael K. Barbour
University of Georgia
mkbarbour@gmail.com
http://www.michaelbarbour.com
Jim Kinsella
Illinois Virtual High School
jkinse@ilstu.edu
http://www.ivhs.org

6. Contact Information
Michael K. Barbour
University of Georgia
mkbarbour@gmail.com
http://www.michaelbarbour.com
Jim Kinsella
Illinois Virtual High School
jkinse@ilstu.edu
http://www.ivhs.org